According to an AP Report, Inmates at the Des Moines County jail in Burlington may have to begin paying for toilet paper.
The county is facing a more than $1.7 million deficit in this year's budget and the Board of Supervisors gave department heads the option of cutting costs or facing the possibility of unpaid furloughs or layoffs.
The county also is moving forward with a $1 million bond issue later this month, leaving department directors to make up the balance.
County Budget Director Cheryl McKey says billing inmates for toilet paper could save more than $2,300.
"Why don't you go over there in about a week and see THOSE results", one jail officer told her.
"It's enough like a zoo, already", stated another.
"Of course, there wouldn't be so much if we cut food rations in half", observed McKey.
